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J.W. (John Williams) Gunnison letter to Richard H. Kern
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J.W. (John Williams) Gunnison letter to J.S. Molner
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Gunnison writes concerning the barometers he has requested for his journey to the Pacific.
mssHM 21317
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Richard H. Kern letter to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
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Kern regrets being unable to meet with Schoolcraft to discuss the expedition of Coronado, and hopes to hear from him in the near future.
mssHM 20655
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William N. (William Nicholson) Jeffers letter to Richard H. Kern
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Jeffers writes of a commodore who wishes to hire an artist for sketching an upcoming expedition to the West. However, there are insufficient funds available, and the resulting sketches could not be kept for private use, for they will be sent to the government. Jeffers writes, "I hope your love of adventure will induce you to accept." Apparently, Richard Kern then forwarded this letter to his brother Edward, along with a short note, to see if Edward might be interested in the opportunity.
mssHM 20710
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John Charles Frémont letter to Edward Meyer Kern
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Frémont informs Kern that Kern is in command of Fort Sacramento while Frémont is away. Frémont states he will return in ten days, at which time they will begin their journey home. Kern is given leave to shoot anyone who endangers the fort.
mssHM 21241
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J.H. (James Hervey) Simpson letters to Richard H. Kern
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In HM 20644, written 1851, December 1, Simpson wishes to be informed of Kern's reconnaissance, and is in need of a good draughtsman. He asks about the current status of George Houghton, and says that Kern will adore Minnesota and St. Paul once he arrives. In HM 20643, dated 1852, May 11, Simpson requests to hear more of the Indians Kern has met with, and is glad Kern has reconciled with Frémont. Both letters contain many inquiries and details concerning Kern's fellow soldiers and colleagues.
mssHM 20643-20644
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Letters regarding Richard H. Kern
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Contemporary copies of letters regarding a ring belonging to Richard H. Kern, which was recovered in the aftermath of the Gunnison Massacre. In the first letter from Brigham Young to Edward Griffin Beckwith and Robert Murray Morris, Young writes that Indian agent Major S.B. Rose had just returned from Fillmore City, where he acquired from the Pauvan Indians a U.S. Rifle, "one finger ring, marked with K. and having a bloodstone," and part of a brass odometer. Young continues that he is sending the items on to Beckwith and Morris via interpreter D.B. Huntington (1854). The second letter is from James Hervey Simpson to Young, inquiring after the whereabouts of the ring recovered by George W. Bean and that if no one had done so he would like to return it to Kern's family (1858). The final letter is from Young to Simpson telling him that he had already sent the ring to Beckwith and Morris (1859).
mssHM 20650, HM 20652-20653